University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2017

Communicating Goals to Staff? We can help!

Get Help Writing Effective Performance Review Goals! Shelly Vils Havel is the Performance Management Coordinator at the UW’s Talent Recruitment & Engagement department at the Office of Human Resources. Back in January, Shelly presented information on best practices of performance management to CSN attendees, covering each step – setting goals, providing feedback, tips for effective …

PSM Training Overview Coming Aug 16!

Please join us: Wednesday, August 16, 2:00-3:00pm 21 North Park – Rooms 1106 & 1108 Registration link:  http://go.wisc.edu/h2kqf7 Registration is still open for our overview mini-session regarding the updated Principles of Supervision and Management (PSM) training program. On August 16, Julie Kovalaske from Learning and Talent Development will join the CSN crew to cover the …

“Did you know?” the history of Der Rathskeller in the Memorial Union

Der Rathskeller opened in 1928 in the Memorial Union, and only male students were allowed inside. In response, the Union Women Affairs Committee established a meeting place in the Paul Bunyan room in 1934, and called it “Der Catskeller”. Finally, in 1941, women were allowed to use Der Rathskeller, but only after 2:30 PM. (These …

Help us Deliver

The goal of the CSN planning committee is to deliver information, resources and more to managers on campus so they can perform their duties more successfully. How are we doing? You can help us deliver on our goals by telling us your needs: what training you seek, what type of networking works for you, and …

Thanks Book Club Attendees!!

The planning committee of CSN wants to thank everyone for a very engaging and informative session yesterday during our midpoint discussion of The Clover Practice, CSN’s Summer Book Club. We are really looking forward to the remaining session on August 9, where author Kathleen Paris will join us for the conversation!

KK Konicek to Retire in July

KK Konicek has made the decision to retire from her position in DoIT Academic Technology. Many of you will recall that KK was the speaker at CSN’s recent Lynda.com training session. We hope you’ll join us in wishing KK all the best. Her last day in the office will be Friday, July 28th. KK started …

Space Still Available – Delivering Effective Feedback Workshops

Learn how to provide quality and effective feedback! This workshop is designed to help all employees of UW-Madison learn how to provide quality and effective feedback any time that the message is due. Whether feedback is formal or informal, provided to employees, peers or someone else, there are ways that it can be structured to …